[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 26 points 8 months ago

It's a real word. And used correctly in context so unlikely to be a typo.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/backronym

https://www.wordnik.com/words/backronym

Acronyms were very rare prior to about mid 20thC.

A number of words sound like they should be an acronym or people searching for an explanation of them make backronyms out of them.

Posh and rap being turned into acronyms as per the first like are good examples of a backronym.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

All over this thread

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Difficult to view on mobile but an excellent map. Thanks

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Putin has transparently murdered dozens of people far more important to the West without being toppled.

Russia's newly displayed military impotence shifts the calculus, but Prighozin isn't the guy to cause an international uproar.

That isn't however the argument the article is making (noting I'm rather dubious on it).

They're not arguing that NATO will suddenly invade because Pringles got SAM'd.

They're arguing that a) the Wagner lieutenants are competent and experienced which makes it likely that they are not only capable but likely to be effective at seeking vengeance; and b) that Putin has systematically culled all the competent generals and hence there's a reduced capability.

Now I'm dubious on the likelihood of the first, and while the second is true I'm not as convinced it will be a game changer.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

With any luck this was instead of diddling the choir boys, if so then have at it.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago

Fairly standard central bank activity, nothing unusual in and of itself.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

Yeah the conspiracy theory that he's out to destroy it seems to be real.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 32 points 11 months ago

Good.

Stealerships have been raping and pillaging for years. The sooner they go the way of buggy whip makers the better.

And before you ask: Direct purchase from manufacturers and licensed service centers is a much better model, if we can't have that then manufacturer direct service.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago

Your odds of getting caught are extremely low, but if you are you will be deported and have your visa cancelled (as an Aussie our border guards really do suck I'm sorry). I genuinely wouldn't risk if it you're moving here. If it was just a holiday and you didn't care too much about getting banned then sure, but definitely not worth risking a work visa on.

The lowest risk way is to put it on a cloud drive and download it on arrival in Oz.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

My dude I've been running Linux for literally 20+ years and I still don't feel like I know anything.

Carry on bumbling along doing your best, it's all everyone else is doing.

You've got this

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago

Quite the opposite, after fiddling with it for six months I fully uninstalled flatpak and deleted the directory to get away from the fact it kept downloading copies of nvidia drivers when I had moved to an AMD a year ago, and the drivers were locked from being manually removed even after I uninstalled all flatpak packages.

I'm an Arch user, trust me when I say I read the documentation.

After wasting hours on it I nuked it.

[-] abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 year ago

OK, the conspiracy theory that Musk is deliberately tanking the company is starting to become believable. Given his insistence on people working in the office, refusal to pay the rent seems to be a little contradictory. He may have to reconsider that policy

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